- Jónsi’s (of Sigur Rós’) New Record “Go” – Full Free Album Stream Do yourself a favor. Turn off your iTunes and listen to this album stream of Jónsi’s “Go” on NPR. It is free until the record is released on April 6th. The Icelandic Sigur Rós boy sings in English this solo time around! “Recorded in Jonsi’s studio in Iceland and in Connecticut, Go features wonderful arrangements of strings, brass […]
- We Sing the Body Electric [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kSm-rGvcls] It is a rare and wonderful thing when you go to see a headlining band (the young Scottish boys of We Were Promised Jetpacks) only to be surprised and wowed by their opener. This happened to me Friday night at The Troubadour as The Lonely Forest took the stage. I could only find an acoustic […]
- All of the Trees Will Clap Their Hands [vimeo 5583313] This is one of the most compelling things I’ve seen in awhile. From Diego’s Vimeo page: “In the garden of my house there’s a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music […]
- Soundtrack to my 3am: Baptisms in the Backyard [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2HyzPp5hQ] Brooklyn’s finest, La Strada performing “Baptism.” Give me fresh coffee beans, a french press, and some music faintly familiar. I am thoroughly baptized in the mayhem that is finals week. One exam over, one mini-paper finished, 44 pages to go. I will be free Friday evening for high-fives.
- I Blame You Hollywood… “Hollywood” by the aforementioned Angus and Julia. [click the button to play] I would like to one day hear a non-Westerner cover this song. It would be a nice commentary on cultural globalization. (Photo by MDH)
- Oh Lisbon; Angus and Julia Stone I would like to walk through the above average alleys of Lisbon this evening. Since I cannot, I’m going to a house show in my friend’s living room. I like music and couches and dinner happening all at once. Rumor has it that the second band is going to play the entirety of Abbey Road. […]
- 1 Hanging Camera, 3225 Stills, 1 Story [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY] From Oren Lavie, songwriter from Berlin / NYC / Tel-Aviv
- And the Muxtape Winner Is / Side [B] Has Arrived Back in the latter days of April, I held a contest. I made a Muxtape. A Muxtape is a virtual mixtape that others can listen to, but not steal. I grew up making mixtapes. I’m sorry if you did not. It was way fun. In said contest I declared that whomever could offer [Side A] […]
- Narrow Stairs There are only a small handful of records that I would purchase within the first week of its release. There are far fewer still that I’d venture to buy on its release day. Narrow Stairs is one of them, just out today. It may not be as epic as Transatlanticism or Plans was as a […]
- I Listen to Music Too Loud I’m in the library, with the iPod in ear. I’m getting work done, flying along like a good little girl, and not one, but two people politely ask if I can “please turn the music down?” It is true. I listen to music loud. And I’m not ashamed. Trying to be helpful, I moved down […]
- Passion Which Has Outgrown Us I have had a strange relationship with my guitar since leaving Portugal in the summer of ’06. I think we both needed a rest. This fact was accentuated by the airline crushing my Fender acoustic/electric in multiple places on the transcontinental ride home. They gave me a refund check. I used it to pay the […]
- Oh Reader, Be My iTunes Doctor Well, Pearl the iBook has returned home after her heart-surgery. She is made new. But her hard-drive heart was given a fresh transplant. Translation: I’ve lost some of my favorite iTunes albums that I foolishly did not backup. Sure, I backed up the important documents and such, but some mp3’s I’d purchased missed the rescue […]